r/LearningPhotoshop • u/North_Seaweed_4105 • 8h ago
A free first project for beginners: make a magazine cover and keep the text editable (Photoshot)
If you are starting with layers and text, I made a free follow-along project that ends with a complete magazine cover.
English lesson (20:40), with captions and chapters: https://youtu.be/tpD5NI745w0
We open a portrait, add a masthead and headline on their own layers, move and resize them, and use a background shape to make the text easier to read. Then we save a PSD, reopen it, change the headline, and export a JPEG to share.
A key idea you can try immediately: hide the headline layer. If only the words disappear and the photo stays intact, you have kept those elements separate. Save the PSD so you can return and change them later.
For practice after the walkthrough, replace the headline and use another photo. The aim is to finish one small design and understand what each layer is doing.
I created this lesson and Photoshot, the free browser editor shown on screen. The tutorial is free to watch, and the narration is AI-generated.
If something is confusing while you follow along, tell me the step or timestamp so I can clarify it.